HUNTER, Katie Elizabeth
Date of death: 7 Jul 1897 – Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 16, 1897,
Volume XXXVIII Number 1, page 1 column 1
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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Katie, daughter of Seth A. Hunter, living west of Trafalgar, died Friday evening at 7 o’clock of typhoid fever. Deceased was an unusually bright young lady and one of the recent graduates of the common schools of Hensley township. The funeral took place Sunday morning at 11 o’clock from the First Mt. Pleasant church.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 16, 1897,
Volume XXXVIII Number 1, page 2 column 4
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OBITUARY.
Died, Katie Elizabeth Hunter at the home of her parents, S. A. Hunter and wife, three miles west of Trafalgar, July 9, 1897, aged 13 years, 9 mo. and 29 days.
Funeral services were conducted on the following Sunday at the First Mt. Pleasant church by Revs. J. A. Pettit and Geo T. Ragsdale. Burial took place in the adjacent cemetery. The pall bearers consisted of her school mates, Lucy Yount, Lulu Coleman, Edith Shank, Bessie Walker, Effie Yount and Blanche Merriman.
She leaves to mourn their loss, father, mother, two sisters and one brother—her older brother having died four years ago—and a circle of friends as large as her acquaintance. She had been graduated from the common schools, and the following is an estimate of her character by M. F. Kennedy, who had been her instructor during six years:
“Katie was a gentle, lovable child; a friend to right, a foe to wrong; the embodiment of purity and virtue. Her conduct in life was prompted by high motives and lofty purposes. She was free from the restraint of passion, firm in her convictions of the good and the beautiful and the true.
In school she was obedient, patient and studious—always holding sacred the rights of others; quick to resent an offense, free to forgive. She was universally loved by classmates and teacher. Katie had many accomplishments. She was emotional and sympathetic—always seeking to lift up the weaker. She was strong intellectually—too strong for the frail tenement that was wont to support it. She was a beautiful singer, an eloquent speaker and a fine conversationalist for one of her age. She had already manifested some literary gifts—drawing inspiration from Nature and her favorite poets, Longfellow, Whittier and Bryant.”
In the home circle she was an ideal daughter—always cherishing and guarding with loving care those sacred ties that bind the family into one perfect chain of mutual love and sympathy. Alas! Another link is broken; there is another vacant chair; there are sorrowful hearts. May God comfort them in this the saddest hour of their affliction.
Thus she died, ‘Where the brook and river meet, womanhood and childhood fleet!’ Wearied with unremitting toil, she lays her burden down for a pillow by the wayside and falls into a dreamless sleep.
M. F. K.
E. L. H.
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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 16, 1897,
Volume XXXVIII Number 1, page 6 column 3
FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
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BUD.
Miss Katie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Hunter, died at her home Friday evening. She was a girl of growing popularity and her death will be sadly felt in the home and community.
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 16, 1897,
Volume XXXVIII Number 1, page 6 column 4
FROM OVER THE COUNTY.
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FIRST MT. PLEASANT.
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The funeral of Miss Katie Hunter occurred at Mt. Pleasant church, Sunday. There was a large attendance.
Link to Katie Elizabeth Hunter’s grave
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson